Ihenille ornament



O. A. SCHMIDT. GHENILLE ORNAMENT.

Patented Feb. 2, 1886.

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NITED STATES CHRISTIAN A. SCHMIDT, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

CHENILLE ORNAMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,315, dated February 2, 1886.

Application filed May 14, 1885.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHRISTIAN A. SCHMIDT, ofHoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Chenille Trimming, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object ofmyinvention is to provide new and improved chenille trimmings-such as pendants, drops, fringe headings, borders, &c.which can be used on furniture, upholstery, or dress trimmings, or for other purposes.

The invention consists in chenille trimmings formed of two or more strands of chenille of varying diameters twisted and bound together.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figures 1, 2, and 3 show different specimens of myimproved chenille trimmings. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show the fancy or shaped chenille from which the trimmings are made.

In making my improved trimmings two or more strands, A, of shaped chenillethat is, of chenille having a varying diameterare twisted together, as shown in Fig. 3. The resultant article is similar to each strand, but much thicker and richer, and its appearance is greatly improved by the spiral lines of the twists.

In the shaped chenille the parts have a uniform surface, but by twisting several strands of such shaped chenille together the thicker parts are increased much more than the thinner part, so that the difference be tween the thick and thin parts is more apparent.

Serial No. 165,451. (No model.)

To hold the twisted strands together, they are tied or bound by means of threads, cords, or wires at suitable intervals, preferably at the end of each section or like ornament C, as shown at B in Figs. 1 and 3. Thereby the strands are prevented from nncoiling or untwisting, and the several pieces C formed can be out and separated from each other and used separately as drops, fringe-hangings, &c., and the long strands of the twisted shaped chenille can be used for fringeheadings, borders, &c.

'lhe'strands of chenille may have different colors, and may have any desired shape, but strands of the same shape are preferably twisted together, as this produces the best effects. The strands may be twisted around a fibre or wire core, D, if desired.

As shown in Fig. 2, strands E, of tinsel or other material, can be twisted together with the chenille.

The chenille is all made in the well-known manner either of silk or other material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Chenille ornaments composed of two or more strands of chenille, which strands have varying diameters and which strands are twisted together spirally, and are bound together to prevent uncoiling, substantially as herein shown and described.

more strands ofshapcd chenille twisted around the same, substantially as herein shown and described.

CHRISTIAN A. SCHMIDT.

\Vitnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, EDGAR TATE.

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